[Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of lung cancer]

Some prognostic signs of surgical treatment of carcinoma of the lung are analysed. The stability and paramount importance of the integral clinical factor "extension of the tumor" is shown. The ultrastructural features of adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma of the lungs influencing the disease prognosis were revealed. It is shown that electron microscopy allows differentiation of the tumor cells to be profoundly and precisely assessed. The results of the study unable a differentiated approach to the problems of postoperative therapy.